Responding to planet-wide waaaaambulance emergency dispatches over the last week, DICE has clarified that the Battlefield 3 beta is, in fact, a beta and obviously “not representative of the final game”.
I say “obviously”, but apparently it’s not to some people.
Writing on the official Battlefield Blog, DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson points out that the beta version is already “more than a month old”, which I’d imagine works out to more or less “neolithic” in crunch-time terms.
“We need to test the new back-end dedicated server structure we’ve built. Not only have we built a new game engine, but an entirely new back end system so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of dedicated servers on all platforms,” he explained.
“Just like normal procedure when releasing a game, the Open Beta has had long lead times due to testing, certification, and setting up. This means that the code you are now playing is actually quite early and not representative of the final game.
“The biggest reason for running the Open Beta is to stress test our servers and back end,” he adds. “Already, we are seeing 6 times the number of simultaneous players in the Battlefield 3 Open Beta compared to the Beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2! The fact that Battlefield 3 is clearly our biggest game launch ever by a magnitude of 6 makes it doubly important to test everything. “
Battlefield 3 launches on 28 October 2011.
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